Is android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE really needed?

[sregg]

and if so, for what purpose?

[pwittchen]

Hi. I needed it to implement one of the library functionalities. To be honest, right now I don't remember, which one. Probably it's related to observing WiFi access points. I'll investigate it later and give you more concrete answer.

[pwittchen]

Maybe it'll be good idea to extract observing WiFi access points functionality to a separate library, because issue #50 is similar to this one. It should reduce number of required permissions.

[sregg]

Yes that would be a good idea to sepparate the features
I managed to remove the unnecessary permissions using

<uses-permission
        android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"
        tools:node="remove"/>

[pwittchen]

After merging PR #67 to the master branch, this permission can be removed from the Manifest of the library. In release v. 0.4.0, this permission will be no longer needed.

[pwittchen]

Permission removed by PR #67.